Siege of Venice (1805)

The Siege of Venice (early June 1805) occurred when the armies of the First French Empire and the Kingdom of Italy, commanded by Marshal Jean-Andre Massena and General Nerio Fierro, captured the city of Venice in northern Italy from the Holy Roman Empire. 1,738 French and Italian troops took part in the liberation of Venice, crushing Archduke Charles' 1,535 Austrian troops and seizing Venice for the Italians.